in the world, 24 hours a day. A U.S. official said, "The bank is being investigated for violating U.S. laws with open solicitations on the Net, which is at best for tax evasion and at worst for money laundering."
I hate to tell the Feds but the internet is more of an international publication than "High Life" (the BA inflight mag) or the BBC World Service mag (whatever it's name is these days. International publications can advertize offshore accounts and investments. DCF
Duncan Frissell writes:
in the world, 24 hours a day. A U.S. official said, "The bank is being investigated for violating U.S. laws with open solicitations on the Net, which is at best for tax evasion and at worst for money laundering."
I hate to tell the Feds but the internet is more of an international publication than "High Life" (the BA inflight mag) or the BBC World Service mag (whatever it's name is these days.
International publications can advertize offshore accounts and investments.
Be that as it may, but I wonder about the whole thing. EUBank's web server appears to be firmly ensconced in Washington, D.C. -- not exactly where one would expect their records to be kept, eh? Perry
Perry E. Metzger writes:
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Be that as it may, but I wonder about the whole thing. EUBank's web server appears to be firmly ensconced in Washington, D.C. -- not exactly where one would expect their records to be kept, eh?
I noticed that too. Is this BCCI 2, or just a front that the forces of repression can use to say "look, there is money-laundering on the Internet! We must control it." Their server appears to reside in McLean, VA., not Antigua: ericm(console)> traceroute 204.157.123.4 traceroute to 204.157.123.4 (204.157.123.4), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets [...] 12 * sl-capital-1-s1/0-T3.sprintlink.net (144.228.128.6) 148.345 ms * 13 cso-sw1p7-rC-p7.cais.net (205.252.5.30) 279.959 ms 147.905 ms * 14 * intr-c.sb1.cais.net (206.161.140.125) 163.211 ms 146.752 ms 15 204.157.123.4 (204.157.123.4) 204.088 ms * * ericm(ttyp1)> whois cais.net [rs.internic.net] Capital Area Internet Service (CAIS2-DOM) 6861 Elm Street, Third Floor McLean, VA 22101 USA ericm(ttyp1)> whois eub.com [rs.internic.net] European Union Bank (EUB-DOM) PO Box 1948 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Domain Name: EUB.COM Administrative Contact: Richards, Pete (PR374) 75057.2515@COMPUSERVE.COM (809) 480-2370 Technical Contact, Zone Contact, Billing Contact: Kulkov, Val (VK41) val@GREATIS.COM (202) 835-7489 ELF.GREATIS.COM 205.229.28.5 WHALE.GREATIS.COM 205.229.28.10 ericm(ttyp1)> whois VK41 [rs.internic.net] Kulkov, Val (VK41) val@GREATIS.COM Greatis USA, Inc. 888 16th Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 835-7489 -- Eric Murray ericm@lne.com ericm@motorcycle.com http://www.lne.com/ericm PGP keyid:E03F65E5 fingerprint:50 B0 A2 4C 7D 86 FC 03 92 E8 AC E6 7E 27 29 AF
Eric Murray writes:
Perry E. Metzger writes:
Be that as it may, but I wonder about the whole thing. EUBank's web server appears to be firmly ensconced in Washington, D.C. -- not exactly where one would expect their records to be kept, eh?
I noticed that too. Is this BCCI 2, or just a front that the forces of repression can use to say "look, there is money-laundering on the Internet! We must control it."
Or, perhaps, they are just a way for the IRS to get the names of lots of people interested in offshore banking. Or maybe not. Who knows? Perry
Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Perry E. Metzger said:
Or, perhaps, they are just a way for the IRS to get the names of lots of people interested in offshore banking. Or maybe not. Who knows?
According to one offshore magazine European Union Bank is a very bad choice for Internet banking. What they did was they assigned they named Lord Mancroft who sits in the UK's House of Lords as chairman of the bank. Only thing Lord Mancroft himself did not know a thing about it, although the bank marketing materials had a letter of welcome supposedly from that prominent person. So he is thinking of taking legal action against the bank. Also their correspondent bank in UK wants to terminate their relationship with EUB because of these problems. Jüri Kaljundi AS Stallion jk@stallion.ee
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